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CVE-2022-40898

Publication date 23 December 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

An issue discovered in Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-pip 22.10 kinetic
Fixed 22.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 20.0.2-5ubuntu1.8
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.7
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty
wheel 22.10 kinetic
Fixed 0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.10.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.34.2-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.30.0-0.2ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Notes

mdeslaur

the python-pip package bundles wheel binaries when built. After updating wheel, a no-change rebuild of python-pip is required.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H